Magical animals in canon/ Fawkes and Snape.

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 166273

"Dana" <ida3 at ...> wrote:
 
> What if Fawkes wasn't there? He only started singing when everybody
> was gathered in the hospital wing and Hagrid had taken DD's body
> away. You can hear him on the grounds not just there. It seems to me
> that if Fawkes was there then he would have started singing right
> away and maybe JKR is sneaking a clue right behind us.
> 
> I am seriously thinking Fawkes was too busy with something else to
> come to DD's aid.
> Doing what? Well of course I have no idea but with Jen's possible
> plan in the back of my mind, it might be transporting Trelawney out
> of the castle and delivering a message maybe to DD's brother.
> 


colebiancardi:

Where did the moving Trelawney out of Hogwarts come from?  Did I miss
something?  I must have :)  

Well, if Fawkes was *too* busy to help save Dumbledore's life at the
moment when DD truly needed him, that seems out of character for
Fawkes.  Fawkes is magical and in CoS, he flew fast and could
transport 3 children & an adult.  He also takes the AK full blast in
OotP to save DD's life.  And is reborn again.  Somehow, I think that
for sending a message to Aberforth could be handled by someone else,
as well as Trelawney.  And it wasn't just DD whose life was in danger,
Hogwarts was under attack by DeathEaters.

I don't believe for one minute that Fawkes was too busy with trivial
matters that could have been easily handled by someone else(or
something else).  Fawkes would have been there if DD wanted him to
come .  Whatever Fawkes may or may not have been doing, if DD summoned
him, I would bet that Fawkes would have been there in a flash.


I cannot explain the singing - I don't know Phoenix's mourning customs
or if JKR was just using poetic license for that scene.


colebiancardi